From an email to Springfield inquiring about getting the slide on my 5.25 modified to accept the same optic mounts as the 4.5" OSP, I was told that the Springfield Custom Shop presently is not accepting any new custom work. Here is their response to my email:
"Due to the popularity of our custom upgrades we have found ourselves in a situation where the build times for full custom firearms has lengthened to waits of 2.5 years or more. As a result, Springfield Custom has decided to suspend all upgrades in an effort to concentrate their talents on catching up on the backlog of full custom firearm orders already waiting. We feel that we do not serve our customers well quoting almost 3 years for some models and this should bring those waits down substantially. We fully expect to open up to alterations after the first of the year but that will ultimately be determined by how far we get on our backorders by then.
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